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Has the CCE been sneaking over to Oz as that track laying looks very Granthamish. I do feel slightly embarrased about the tidyness of your excellent layout room......and those cars , in that wetaher as I sit here whilst it pi##s down outside in sunny (not) 36E)

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Has the CCE been sneaking over to Oz as that track laying looks very Granthamish. I do feel slightly embarrased about the tidyness of your excellent layout room......and those cars , in that wetaher as I sit here whilst it pi##s down outside in sunny (not) 36E)

Pity it is LNER though............

Looking vforward to seeing developments.

Phil

Graham has been a fantastic help, with everything and anything.

I already had LNER stock, but seeing Grantham in BRM a few years ago really done it for me and inspired me to build the layout. Graham has been an excellent help to me, as well as the rest of the team. I liked the idea of using Peco trackwork, as its cheap, easy to build and looks quite good, even if it isn't prototypical, (some may disagree). After a second visit to the Uk and the chance to see, help and operate Grantham i decided to go ahead with it. Graham cut up the Junction slips and points in order to be used for the proper permanent way, The rest of the layout that needed cutting and shortening i tackled myself.

Well we have only had about 5 days rain max in the last 3 months....going to be a hot summer!

A view south, with a good look at the Junction. We have in order from left to right: Up siding (yet to be laid), Up goods loop, Up Branch loop, Up Main line, the Down main line, the down goods loop, the down Branch loop and a down siding (yet to be laid). Although through lines only, there is some lovely operating that can be achieved.

Looking south again, round the curves heading towards Grantham.

Looking out of the not yet built signal box, the signal man will have an excellent view of up and down trains.

Two helicopter veiws of the layout looking North.

My latest loco added to the fleet is this B2 courtesy of Tony Wright, this is the second locomotive I have brought from Tony, but it is all for a good cause.

A view south, with a good look at the Junction. We have in order from left to right: Up siding (yet to be laid), Up goods loop, Up Branch loop, Up Main line, the Down main line, the down goods loop, the down Branch loop and a down siding (yet to be laid). Although through lines only, there is some lovely operating that can be achieved.

Here we are looking north at the start of the goods loops. Graham (LNER 4479) had helped me with cutting the Peco pointwork, so when it was assembled it had the proper permanent way measurements. Graham did most of the Junction pointwork, however the single slip in view was cut and also bent so it is on a slight curve, which matches up perfectly due to the non-existent curves on my layout. Pleading modelers licence!

Looking down the straight. We have down line loops on the left, the down and up lines and then the up loops on the right.

Looking South from the bridge, gives a nice view of the complex Junction. The ECML will be situated in a cutting, with the land falling south.